Browsing: Today’s news summary

Friday’s front pages have no single lead with various topics splashed on the papers. Most lead on domestic topics – with politics and health the most popular but a few international stories – including the latest from Gaza do find space to make the front pages.

Elsewhere, celebrities and the arts are also featured.

The back pages are dominated by the latest from the Premier League and the Europa League.

Thursday’s front pages focus on the defection of MP Natalie Elphickle from Conservatives to Labour – with neither the left-leaning or right-leaning newspapers particularly happy about the situation. 

For the left-leaning newspapers, controversial figure Natalie Elphickle has ‘split the Labour Party’ with several of the papers unhappy that Sir Keir welcomed her into the party. Natalie Elphickle is known for far-right views and had previously defended her convicted sex offender former husband. For the right-leaning newspapers, her defection is a betrayal, especially given the timing, with a general election around the corner. 

Several of Thursday’s newspapers carry photos of King Charles and Prince Harry who were both at London events yesterday in the sunshine. Harry is back in the UK for a three-day charity event. 

Elsewhere, away from the main leads, the UK front pages cover a variety of domestic news. 

The back pages cover last night’s Champions League final as Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 2-1 (4-3 agg), and the controversial late equaliser that was ruled out for Bayern. Real Madrid will meet Borussia Dortmund in London for the final. 

Wednesday’s front pages cover a variety of stories with no one story dominating the news cycle this morning. 

For some of the papers, the ongoing crisis in the Middle East leads the front pages, as Israel defies Western orders and invades Rafah – where more than 1 million people are sheltering. 

Some papers find space for the story that the Garrick Club has voted to allow women to join. Other domestic stories include pubs will be allowed to stay open later if England reach the semis of the upcoming Euros and the UK’s plans to keep children safe online. 

Many of Tuesday’s front pages cover the ongoing situation in the Middle East. The papers report on the ongoing ceasefire negotiations as Israel moves in on the Rafah crossing.

Talks are to resume in Cairo after Hamas said it would accept a deal drawn up by Egyptian mediators. It was however rejected by Israel as “far from meeting” its “core demands”.

The rest of the front pages cover a variety of domestic news and the back pages cover Manchester United’s 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace.

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The Sunday newspaper front pages mostly focus on the England election results as more trickled out on Saturday – including the shock Labour win in the West Midlands mayor and Sadiq Khan winning a third term as London mayor. 

Many of the right-leaning newspapers suggest the results highlight the dire state the Conservative Party is in right now, and contend with a possible Tory wipeout at the upcoming general election. 

A couple of tabloids lead on royal news, including disgraced Prince Andrew and the results of a popularity poll regarding King Charles. 

Many of the back pages lead on Manchester City’s and Arsenal’s latest Premier League wins. Liverpool are in action on Sunday and must win if they have any hopes of winning the title. 

Friday’s front pages feature a variety of topics, including domestic UK topics including the Rwanda bill and the London sword attack suspect. 

There are several political stories on the front pages, with several publications looking at Labour’s plans if they are elected to office this year. 

Online, most newspapers are dominated by yesterday’s local elections in England and Wales – as results continue to come in, it’s clear the Tories have suffered major defeats and Labour has picked up more than 58 seats. 

Most of Thursday’s front pages lead with the first pictures of the 14-year-old boy who was killed in the London sword attack. A stranger stabbed Daniel Anjorin as he was en route to school. The attack is not suspected to be terrorism, and police confirm the schoolboy was not known to the attacker. It is not believed to have been a targeted attack. 

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 36, was charged with Daniel’s murder.

Many of the back pages report on Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over PSG in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. Elsewhere, in the WSL, Chelsea’s title hopes have been dashed after a shock 4-3 Liverpool win. 

Almost all of Wednesday’s front pages are dominated by the news that a 14-year-old boy was killed after an attacker armed with a sword went on the rampage in Hainault, north-east London. The attacker is in hospital, it is not believed to be related to terrorism or a targeted attack. 

Several newspapers feature an image of King Charles – who returned to public life after starting his cancer treatment. 

Elsewhere, the UK back pages feature images of Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham as Bayern Munich and Real Madrid drew 2-2 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League. 

Many of Tuesday’s newspaper leads on the resignation of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf. He resigned ahead of two votes of no-confidence – one in him and another in his government, which was due next week, and unlikely he’d survive. Both the Scottish and English papers lead on the SNP chaos, with the English papers focusing on his resignation and speech, whilst the Scottish papers are looking ahead at his successor. 

Monday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories. Several of the papers cover the UK’s Rwanda policy with different approaches to the story. Elsewhere, the latest from the UK government also makes a couple of the newspapers – with reports that Tory MP rebels are plotting to oust the prime minister ahead of what is expected to be disastrous local elections for the Conservatives.

The back pages lead on Arsenal’s win over Spurs to take them to the top of the Premier League table – the Gunners got off to a great start but Spurs managed to claw a few goals back in what was a nervy end to the match.

Many of the Sunday papers lead on domestic UK politics, with the defection of Tory MP Dan Poulter, a popular story, he quit the Conservative Party to join Labour. Defections are rare, so the news is a major blow to the Tories – who are worried about a total wipeout at the upcoming general election. Elsewhere, there are reports of a challenge to the prime minister’s leadership in the coming days and another lead sees Sunak urging voters to stick with him and his plan.

Elsewhere the blood scandal compensation makes several papers.

Most of the UK back pages lead on the bust-up between Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and Mo Salah on the touchline.

The English Premier League returns this weekend – and after Liverpool’s massive stumble against Everton, the title race now seems…

Friday’s front pages have a variety of different stories as their leads. Two domestic stories feature across several of the papers. According to several papers, Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf is in peril as the Scottish Greens say they will back a no-confidence motion against him. The world’s first “jab to stop skin cancer” is another popular story on the front pages, with the personalised vaccine being tested on UK patients. 

Elsewhere, various celebrity stories and football make the front pages. 

The UK back pages all lead on Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Brighton to move them within a point of the top spot – and with a game to spare.

Many of Thursday’s front pages report on Labour’s plan to nationalise the railways if it wins the upcoming general election. 

Elsewhere, several of the tabloids cover the stabbing in Wales, in which a school girl has been arrested for attempted murder. Many of the papers feature the horses who ran through London yesterday after being spooked by nearby builders.

Wednesday’s front pages cover the news the UK government has announced an extra £75bn on defence spending over the next six years. The papers declare the UK is on a “war footing” after the announcement. 

Many of the papers cover the news that five migrants died in the Channel yesterday, including a young girl. The papers tie the tragedy to the Rwanda bill – with the right-leaning papers saying the Rwanda bill will deter these horrifying deaths. 

Away from the two main stories, there’s room for other domestic stories, with many of the tabloids marking Prince Louis’s sixth birthday.

Many of Tuesday’s front pages report on the government’s latest efforts to get its Rwanda asylum policy passed into law. 

Many of the right-leaning newspapers that back the current government celebrate the news that Parliament has passed the Rwanda bill following late-night sitting and months of wrangling. They claim that the policy will act as a deterrent and as soon as flights start to take off, migrants will stop attempting to cross the channel. 

Elsewhere, many of the papers leave room on the front pages to cover Huw Edwards – the former BBC presenter who has not been on air due to an alleged sex scandal. Yesterday he announced he has quit the BBC on “medical advice”. 

Away from domestic news, a couple of the papers leave room for front-page coverage of Donald Trump’s NYC case.

Monday’s front pages feature a variety of stories- mostly domestic political news. Several of the right-leaning papers pick up on the ongoing Rwanda plans as well as the Met Police’s antisemitism row. 

Elsewhere, most papers leave space on their front page to report on Manchester United scraping through to the finals of the FA Cup.

Sunday’s front pages cover a variety of topics, mostly domestic – and for the tabloids, mostly celebrity gossip. 

A few of the papers cover Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday, marked with a private party last night in London.

Friday’s newspaper leads feature various stories, but almost all of them are domestic political news. A number of the headlines lead on plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to challenge what he describes as Britain’s “sick note culture.” Elsewhere, the EU’s olive branch to UK students, Thames Water nationalisation plans and the Tory MP cash scandal make the front pages.

Several UK papers, and most of the Scottish front pages, of course, lead on news that former Scottish First Minister, Nicola Strugeon’s husband has been charged with stealing from the SNP. 

Most of the papers offer up a snippet of their review of the latest Taylor Swift album on their front pages. So far, it’s all glowing reviews for Taylor’s – The Tortured Poets Department.

Thursday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories, with mostly domestic political news being splashed.

The government’s Rwanda plans, the latest political polling, Angela Rayner’s tax scandal and Brexit are among the headlines. Several papers cover international news, including flash flooding in the Gulf states, Prince Harry is a hot topic for a couple of the tabloids, as the prince lists the USA as his main residence.

The papers also pick up on both Manchester City and Arsenal being knocked out of the Champions League.

Wednesday’s newspaper front pages feature a variety of stories, with no strong lead dominating the papers. There are a few hot topics, mostly domestic stories, splashed across several papers. 

For a couple of the right-leaning tabloids, the news that a Muslim pupil has lost a High Court challenge brought against her school in North London, over a ban on prayer rituals, is celebrated on the front splashes. 

The planned smoking ban, which passed its first hurdle in the Commons yesterday, is also reported on. Some papers look at the health benefits of a smoking ban, others report on it being “un-conservative.” Several papers pick up on the 165 Tory MPs who abstained from voting – suggesting PM Rishi Sunak’s party is fracturing. 

Elsewhere, there’s room for more UK and international political stories including the ongoing Middle East crisis and US inflation.

Many of Tuesday’s front pages cover the rising tensions between Israel and Iran. It comes after Iran launched an estimated 300 drone and missile strikes towards Israel overnight on Saturday, saying the attack was a response to an earlier strike on its consulate in Syria.

Most of the papers’ front pages feature images of Donald Trump in court – attending the first day of one of his four criminal cases. The former US president is set to be the Republican nomination for the upcoming US presidential election.

Most of Monday’s front pages report on Israel’s possible response to Iran’s attack on its territory. It’s the first time Iran has launched a direct attack on Israel. Reports say 99% of Iran’s launched missiles were intercepted or shot down. The attack was in retaliation for an Israeli strike on a consulate building in Damascus. 

Sunday’s papers feature various news topics, with most papers already going to print before Iran attacked Israel. Elsewhere, many of the papers feature images from the Australian stabbing attack at a shopping mall which left 6 people – five women and a man – dead and many injured – including a baby. Joel Cauchi, 40, was shot dead by a lone police officer who bravely approached the man. His attack is not thought to be terror-related and it’s been reported that he was known to police. 

Like most of the week, Friday’s front pages feature a variety of stories, with only domestic politics as the thread running through most of the papers.

Several papers note the death of the former NFL player and accused double murderer OJ Simpson, who died after a battle with cancer. Other celebrity news stories are also featured on the tabloid front pages.